Homebrewing

[Anonymous No.12030391]

Is it a cheap? Im an alcoholic and Im thinking about brewing my own beer so I can drink as much beer as I want.

[Anonymous No.12030396]

>>12030391
Guy I know says his drinks average $0.22 a bottle

[Anonymous No.12030397]

Just buy Mr. Boston by the handle, most drunk per $ value.

[Anonymous No.12030403]

>>12030396
holy fuck I really need to get into this. The cheapest beer I can get here costs 0.50$ a can (0.5L) and it tastes like shit.

[Anonymous No.12030415]

>>12030403
What's a thirty pack of stones cost these days?

[Anonymous No.12030427]

>>12030415
$20 in NH
Liquors cheap tho

[Anonymous No.12030442]

It's cheap when you do the math based on what you use to make it, but then there's the time spent on making it and waiting for it to brew, and it might just end up being pure swill

[Anonymous No.12030450]

>>12030391
it requires too much effort for you, drunky

[Anonymous No.12030454]

>>12030391
not cheap. you can make shit alcohol for cheap, but if you want to make something worth drinking you need to invest in equipment, time, ingredients.

pro brewer with 10+ years brewing experience, happy to answer any questions beer related

[Anonymous No.12030457]

>>12030391
The initial investment for all the gear and supplies costs the most. I don't do it anymore so I need to sell all my equipment.

[Anonymous No.12030471]

>>12030454
What's it like to receive a beer enema?

[Anonymous No.12030473]

>>12030457
this is the reason why there aren't many alcoholics making homebrew... there's no way they are going out and spending all that money on gear and supplies when they can just go to the liquor store and get drunk now

[Anonymous No.12030478]

>>12030454
how long does it take to brew ?
I drink on average 12L of beer per week, how many times do I have to repeat the cycle to sustain this consumption ?

[Anonymous No.12030486]

>>12030454
What's the best beer for a *very* gay man to brew?

[Anonymous No.12030502]

>>12030391

Homebrewing is a bit of a trap. Raw ingredients are cheap but you need to invest quite a bit into equipment if you're going all grain. You might save money if you stick with it but you may need to invest a few hundred in your setup so dont expect a return right off the bat.

For the record a 5 gallon batch usually costs me between 20-40 bucks in ingredients depending on what beer/gravity im shooting for.

[Anonymous No.12030506]

>>12030486
I'm gay btw

[Anonymous No.12030530]

>>12030478
with the right recipe a beer can be drinkable within a week. typically 10-14 days though, especially if you're naturally carbonating

>>12030486
depends what you like. brewers sometimes use edible glitter in beers, so perhaps that with something fruited or spiced for color - raspberry or butterfly pea blossom come to mind

[Anonymous No.12030554]

>>12030396
A guy I know gets his dick sucked behind my local 7-11

[Anonymous No.12030558]

The issue isn't the ingredient cost but the equipment cost.
You can make 5 gallons (~50 bottles, typical homebrew size) for about 30$ all in depending on style and where you source your malt and yeast.
The equipment is where it all starts to fall apart. You'll need a 7 or 10 gal kettle for 5 gallon batches. Most home stoves can't heat that volume to a boil acceptably quickly (if at all) so you'll need a propane burner or a submersible electric element. Usually a wort chiller is necessary as well. Super basic equipment all in could be anywhere from $100-300.
Bottling is a right pain in the dick, so many people move to kegging rather quickly which requires kegs ($40-90each depending on sales and whether new or used), a chest freezer and temp controller, CO2 tank, tap handles, beer and gas lines, CO2 manifold..etc. Could easily drop another $700-1000 here.
Depending on your local climate and housing setup you may also need fermentation temperature control which can also be stupidly expensive.
You usually end up having to do a couple dozen brews (ie a couple hundred gallons) to break even on equipment costs in savings over store bought beer before you make a "profit" on homebrewing. This doesn't factor in your time either - a brew day can easily be 4-6+ hours depending on method.

[Anonymous No.12030561]

If you want cheap booze you need to make birdwatchers sugar wash and distill it in a home made still. You'll get about 30 liters of 40% from 40 bucks worth of walmart supplies. You need:

115L of water
30Kg Sugar
1326ml tomato paste (8.5cans)
5tsp Citric Acid
380g Yeast
1 tsp Epsom salt
2 campden tablets in water

[Anonymous No.12030568]

>>12030554
any pics?

[Anonymous No.12030574]

>>12030561
this is a great idea and couldn't possibly end poorly

[Anonymous No.12030578]

>>12030561
don't this makes mustard gas

[Anonymous No.12030581]

>>12030574

I've been making booze for 6 years. It will end poorly for your organs.

[Anonymous No.12030590]

>>12030578

No, It makes etOh. In an empty column it makes 65%, in a packed column it makes azeotropic alcohol.

[Anonymous No.12030600]

>>12030558
How much will it cost me if I drink 12 liters a week ?

[Anonymous No.12030607]

>>12030558
I mean how much in equipment will it cost me if I drink 12 liters a week

[Anonymous No.12030629]

>>12030558
That's just silly. A propane burner is a convenience, not a necessity. A wort chiller isn't a necessity. Most people don't use kegs, and bottles are free if you already drink beer. For climate control all you need is a wet towel and a fan/space heater. Assuming OP has nothing a beginner set-up with an extract kit usually runs around $100. Assuming you can follow basic directions that'll give you 40-50 beers, which pretty much pays for itself immediately.

[Anonymous No.12030631]

>>12030454
What's a good starting point if I want to go from zero to making a brew that tastes like Dr. Pepper

[Anonymous No.12030646]

Why do you guys make beer when spirits are faster and cheaper?

[Anonymous No.12030681]

>>12030646
That's illegal pretty much everywhere except New Zealand.
In my jurisdiction even owning a still for water nets you random government inspections and also the still needs a lock on it that only the inspector can open, lest you try to sneak any botanicals in there.

[Anonymous No.12030694]

>>12030454
How do you scale your brewing projects? I used to make wine, but I quit doing it because I had so much of it laying around, taking up space.

[Anonymous No.12030710]

>>12030629
I'd agree for someone starting out as a hobby that you can get by with a basic kettle on the stovetop and an extract kit. I certainly did. But when the expected volume is 3gal/week or "I'm an alcoholic" imo that requires a full setup.

[Anonymous No.12030733]

>>12030454
How hard is it to brew belgian style beers like Duvel?

[Anonymous No.12030787]

>>12030681
Who gives a fuck? Nobodies going to go into my basement, recognize a still, call the authorities, have the authorities get a warrant, and get me a fine for making vodka.

[Anonymous No.12030843]

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[Anonymous No.12030895]

>>12030607

Depends on how you source everything, and what quality you go for. With used/reconditioned kegs, a Craiglist chest freezer, picnic taps, etc could get the keezer up for under $300 if you got lucky. Though again optional if you just bottle.
A basic pot, burner, and wort chiller could be another $150-200 again if you went low end or used. For reference my 15 gallon kettle alone was over $250 with the electric element.
Fermenters are about $30 each and at that volume you're looking at 3-4 going continuously so another $90-120.
So anywhere from 500-$1500 for a full 4-tap setup would be my guess. Most of the major expenses will be one-time costs though.

This AHA article may be of interest: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/news/is-homebrewing-cheaper-than-store-bought-beer/

[Anonymous No.12030896]

>>12030733
It would be hard to make something exactly like Duvel, but to make something similar would be pretty easy assuming you have temperature control and good brewing practices. Places like homebrewtalk.com have tons of good recipes for making belgian beer. I've had good results starting with recipes taken from grain suppliers (castle malting, and others) websites.

>>12030694
scale how? On the homebrew scale all of my carboys are in a corner of my garage for long term mixed fermentation beers. the brewery I work at has a 6000sq ft warehouse and 15bbl system so we've got plenty of space for now.

[Anonymous No.12030959]

>>12030391
Last time I brewed a batch it was an anchor steam style california lager beer that I increased the grain bill to get @ 7% abv and it cost $30 for 5 gallons and produced 55 12 oz bottles. Tasted great at bottling and I'd show pics but it has another 10 days to go to carbonate. So that's a shitload cheaper, but it's all grain so you have to have some sort of equipment to mash and sparge.

[Anonymous No.12030965]

>>12030391
It's incredibly cost effective but the tradeoff is the amount of patience you need.

If you're just looking to get drunk, there's methods of achieving something like 15%ABV in under 2 days but that's going to use a fuckload of yeast.

Looking at costs:
Water comes from the tap. $0.00
Yeast can be gotten for as low as $0.50 per packet (which can be used to pitch multiple fermentations if you're a cheapskate)
Sugar is ~$1.00 per pound

So you can make a gallon of ~18% ABV wine for about $1.50. You'll just have to wait at least a week but ideally about 3 if you want to start drinking it though.

This wine though will be very dry and unflavored. Some people would probably call it hooch.

A proper wine will need a must and nutrients, further flavoring and two stages of fermentation followed by aging.

[Anonymous No.12031065]

The equipment to do all grain brewing really isn't that expensive if you improvise. I bought an 8 gal stainless boil kettle for $40 on amazon, a 10 gal water cooler on sale at Home Depot in the fall for $15, 2 5 gal food grade plastic frosting buckets from the wal mart bakery for $1 each, one of which I drilled holes in the bottom to act as a sparge strainer, the other holding the grain and water in the sealed water cooler for the mash. I got 5 gallon glass carboys from Mountain Valley Water by just putting down a $15 deposit. Hoses, waterlocks, thermometers, bottling bucket, etc. are trivial. The price of the equipment is quickly absorbed in the savings/beer especially if you're brewing as often as an alc would be.

[Anonymous No.12031074]

I tried to make Sauerkraut and Kimchi, not the same but it turned out horrible.
It always looks so easy on youtube, but brewing, fermenting etc. are not easy IMO.

[Anonymous No.12031078]

>>12030391
making mead is cheaper and easier.

[Anonymous No.12031723]

>>12030896
I just realised you were a pro-brewer, I meant scaling in terms of not having a huge amount of homebrew bottled and sitting around. I guess I like making the stuff more than I like drinking it.

[Anonymous No.12031878]

>>12030554
you know my work?

[Anonymous No.12031891]

>>12031078
Based mead bro, I recently got into it since I have family who keep bees, any recipes you recommend?

[Anonymous No.12031897]

>>12031891
not really, I've made some ok stuff but am still trying to get it down.

how about you my friend?

[Anonymous No.12032000]

>>12030486
Ipa

[Anonymous No.12032014]

>>12031897
My only two recipes involve the standard water and honey, and the variation I hooked on to was cherries honey and water. Haven't drunken any of the cherry but I'm already thinking of what would go with strawberry for a new batch. Might explore adding nutrients for the yeast but I'm new and prefer """"""natural""""""

[Anonymous No.12032203]

>>12030391
Im in Canada so take what I say with a grain of salt since everything is ungodly expensive. The carboy and the kit is super cheap like 30 bucks. The malt is not not expensive either. What gets me is the bottles. Finding fliptops with a proper seal was a bitch. They don't sell grosch here or when they do it's in a can. Breweries would sell you a growler which is fine but you end up paying 7-8 dollars each. On Amazon it was 4-5 dollars a litre for clear fliptops. Beer always came out okay. the brewing wasn't hard. The rule of thumb is cosntantly sanitize everything

[Anonymous No.12032215]

>>12030391
I do tepache

[Anonymous No.12032502]

>>12030391
Yeah, it's really cheap.
Much cheaper to buy a $9 can of Cooper's beer mix from the supermarket and brew it yourself than to drive across town to the pub drive through to pay for a $30-50 carton of beer.
A batch makes about 20-25L, about 33 tallies/longnecks worth.

[Anonymous No.12032512]

>>12030478
A batch every 2 weeks should mostly have you covered.

[Anonymous No.12032528]

>>12030391
Ausfag here.
Knew this crazy cunt when I was at uni years ago, he'd just mix sugar, hot water, throw in a bunch of fruit and toss in a few spoons of Vegemite to make his moonshine.
Can anyone confirm if this works, or is it just an easy way to go blind?

[Anonymous No.12032587]

Every time a roastie loses her sight due to diy alcohol I laugh

[Anonymous No.12032671]

>>12030397
I’m beyond mad that I can’t find mr Boston anywhere anymore in my area
t. Literally fucking 20 minutes away from Boston
Yes I know it’s made in Kentucky or whatever the fuck

[Anonymous No.12032682]

>>12030397
It's $7/L in my area, same price as Taaka and McCormick
Is that really the absolute cheapest there is? I haven't done the math but most nights I drink about half a liter between sips of Steelie, and I feel like I'm not being scrupulous enough

[Anonymous No.12032890]

>>12030391
20 year homebrewing veteran here.
OP, don’t listen to these faggots telling you to get boilers and burners and stuff. All you need for a simple beer is an all-in-one brew kit like the Coopers or Dan Morgan’s starter kit.
Coopers is especially good, they’re an actual brewery that’s been around since the 1800’s who make home brewing kits and shit as well. Look up diybeer dot com, and see if there’s anyone in your area that sells the kits and adjuncts.

[Anonymous No.12032905]

>>12032502
I do all-malt brews, I use liquid malt extracts, dextrose and candi sugar along with whatever hops I want, and different yeasts depending on desired flavour profile and final ABV I want.
Homebrewing is fun and doesn’t need to be an expensive hobby.

[Anonymous No.12032922]

>>12032528
Vegemite is a shit yeast source, although it theoretically can work. Did your friend go to Austin College at UNE by any chance?
>>12032502
A batch for me is $20 of liquid malt, $7 hops and $5-6 yeast for 28 750ml bottles of 6-8% beer. I can add another $5-$15 of shit if I want to fancy it up, but simple beer is generally the best.
Pic related, a photo from way back.

[Anonymous No.12032940]

>>12032922
I know the seasons are backwards in the southern hemisphere, but didn't realize that you were actually 6 months behind 1st world countries.

[Anonymous No.12032949]

>>12032940
Hence ‘way back’, ya dingus.

[Anonymous No.12032980]

>>12030454
How much soy (pounds) is there in your weekly diet?

[Anonymous No.12032984]

>>12030733
>How hard is it to brew belgian style beers like Duvel?

You're not going to get an exact Duvel clone, but a Belgian Strong Golden Ale is pretty easy, compared to other beer styles.

[Anonymous No.12033101]

>>12032980

You realize when you talk about 'soy' that everyone thinks you're a fat, pimpled basement thing trying to sound relevant, right? Soy isn't as soy as you want soy to be soy.

[Anonymous No.12033175]

>>12033101
Lel I love that the filter doesn't work here, always work to expose faggots like you

[Anonymous No.12033667]

>>12032203
I mean It cant be that expensive if you use rubber sealed bottle like pic related. btw I love these bottles they are based as fuck, Im planning on using those for my own consumption. They dont produce waste and you dont need to get a tool to seal them.

[Anonymous No.12033762]

>>12032980
idk my boyfriend cooks for me but it's probably a lot

[Anonymous No.12033798]

Looking to get a mash boiler. Could drop a hunny on an electric 40l metal boiler or get cheaper stock pot and gas burner ring. I only have induction hob

[Anonymous No.12034119]

>>12032528
>>12032922
Vegemite is yeast nutrient. If he didn't add a yeast it was probably fermenting off wild yeast already present on the fruit.

[Anonymous No.12034128]

OP try making cider

[Anonymous No.12034219]

>>12034128
how simple is it ? like mead ?

[Anonymous No.12034263]

>>12032203
>They don't sell grosch here or when they do it's in a can.

???

[Anonymous No.12034697]

>>12034219
Very simple.
get any 100% juice, measure sugar amount with hydrometer to predict content, then add sugar to adjust. ad yeast and nutrient and let ferment for month. then bottle it and let it ferment again in the bottles for an addition month. easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WirxYyNi68g

[Anonymous No.12034713]

>>12030391
Could try making mead as a test run since it’s easier than wine or beer.

[Anonymous No.12034736]

>>12034697
*to predict alcohol content.

should also mention startup is cheap as you really only need juice yeast sugar and a balloon instead of a carboy. balloons work great

[Anonymous No.12034750]

>>12034119
No it’s not, it’s krausen- what yeast leaves behind when it’s done.

[Anonymous No.12034760]

>>12033667
They also don’t seal as well as a crown seal bottle so your beer won’t last as long. Also, get them in brown glass to reduce light damage.

[Anonymous No.12034807]

I can get a 24 pack of yuengljng for around 20 bucks. Is it really cheaper to brew?

[Anonymous No.12034832]

>>12034713
It might be easier in terms of required ingredients but it is definitely harder and more time consuming to produce good quality mead.

If you want something good in a short period of time then you'll need to add nutrients because honey is deficient in what yeast requires. Then comes the secondary and tertiary fermentations which are required for clarity and flavor. These can take many months.

Mead may seem simple, but I would always suggest a basic beer recipe to a beginner. Beginners want to taste the fruits of their labor, and they want them to taste good and in a short time. Mead will likely be a failure for a first timer who doesn't know what the fuck their doing.

[Anonymous No.12034888]

>>12034832
>Mead will likely be a failure for a first timer who doesn't know what the fuck their doing.

Just make Joe's Ancient Orange Mead breh, not knowing what the fuck you're doing is built right in to the process.

[Anonymous No.12034901]

>>12034807
Over time, yes. And you can have a bunch of different styles, strengths and flavours.

[Anonymous No.12035020]

today i racked the mead i started in august for the second time to get, what i assume to be, the final lees off. it's been in secondary for six months. it tastes way too boozy to be drinkable still so i'm not bottling it for another couple of months. first time making mead, i think i did everything right, been reading that it just needs a lot of time to become good

[Anonymous No.12035143]

>>12030530
thanks for answering the very gay beer question

[Anonymous No.12035146]

>>12030454
How come beer tastes like loose change sometimes? There's this local beer I buy and every now and then they have a batch that I have to pour out because it has this really strong gross metallic taste. I want to know how to complain to them.

[Anonymous No.12035297]

>>12035146
Tell them it tastes like metallic shit

[Anonymous No.12035365]

Can I make quick cheap and strong booze? If yes how?

[Anonymous No.12035371]

>>12035365
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilju

[Anonymous No.12035383]

>>12035371
That's just mead using plain sugar instead of honey.

[Anonymous No.12035401]

>>12035383
In the same way that rum is just whisky using sugar cane instead of wheat, sure.

[Anonymous No.12035428]

>>12034832
Not really. If you go through Papazian's, "The Joy of Homebrewing," brewing a few extracts, his mead chapters fall right into place. Brewing mead is essentially extract beer brewing with longer time and transfers. It ain't rocket science dude, people were brewing quality mead thousands of years ago. Relax, and have a homebrew, lol!

[Anonymous No.12035453]

>>12035401
False equivalence. Honey is 99% sugar. Sugar cane is not wheat.

[Anonymous No.12035460]

>>12035371
So how fast? If I start Friday will it be ready for Saturday?

[Anonymous No.12035464]

>>12035401
>wheat is whiskey's sugar source

[Anonymous No.12035557]

>>12034750
That's what it's made of, not its function in brewing prison wine.

[Anonymous No.12035562]

>>12035464
>what is maltose

[Anonymous No.12035636]

>>12035562
I guess all that actual sugar is for something else then.

[Anonymous No.12035968]

>Following ManMadeMeed's first Bochet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYvEYnJ3mMw&

>Used 2lb honey and 2lbs boiled honey (had an extra laying around, yolo)
>2 weeks later it still bubbles viciously when shook.
>Racked twice, left in fridge for a week
>6 weeks total, 2 rackings, 1 week in fridge, no silt and no foam remain
>still burps hard enough that a good shake can fizz out the top

wat

[Anonymous No.12036057]

>>12035968
What is that retard doing? He's making things needlessly complex.

step 1. heat big pot of water and mix in honey
step 2. when honey and water are one, pour the whole thing into your jug/fermenting container
step 3. let the thing cool to room temp and add yeast + nutrient

the fucking end. Start your second stage fermentation in ~2 weeks.

[Anonymous No.12036090]

>>12032922
Nah he was some old toothless cunt in Toowoomba
>>12034119
Yeah sounds about right

[Anonymous No.12036101]

>>12034807
Depends on the country really. In the US and some countries you can get 24packs of cheap shit like keystone or bud light, but for an extra few bucks you could brew your own with good ingredients and have craft beer tier shit for less than you'd pay for in a store.
Plus it's satisfying as fuck when you open the first bottle of a new batch and it tastes great.

I'm from Australia so alcohol prices are absolutely fucked, starting at $30/case for cheap piss water. The only cheap option is $9/gallon boxes of cheap wine, but for the same price and some time I can brew decently tasting beer instead of being a wino.

[Anonymous No.12036105]

>>12035460
Mate it takes minimum a couple of weeks to get alcohol. Takes time for the yeast to eat the sugar and turn it into alcohol.

[Anonymous No.12036125]

Anyone got a recipe for 10-14% apple cider that tastes great?

What kind of apples would i use? Or should i just use biological apple juice?

[Anonymous No.12036244]

>>12031078
Honey is far more expensive than grain

[Anonymous No.12036248]

just make bum wine, it's grape juice concentrate + sugar + yeast if I remember correctly, and it tastes like shit and gives you a massive hangover

alternatively just buy middle shelf vodka like normal alcoholics

>>12030427
you can definitely get it for less than that in NH

[Anonymous No.12036250]

You guys are so first step. Put half a grand into making booze and you'll make 1 dollar per liter booze for the rest of your life.

[Anonymous No.12036269]

How to make a sugar wash.

115L of water
30Kg Sugar
1326ml tomato paste (8.5cans)
5tsp Citric Acid
380g Yeast
1 tsp Epsom salt
2 campden tablets in water

[Anonymous No.12036389]

>>12036250
I produce a gallon for 50 cents more and it cost me all of $30 for the base tools (gallon jugs, airlocks, yeast).

[Anonymous No.12036414]

>>12030478
>12L

Thats nothing

[Anonymous No.12036646]

>>12030965
>Tapwater is free
How's mom's basement treating you?

[Anonymous No.12036652]

>>12036646
3rd world shitlord detected

[Anonymous No.12037068]

>>12030391
Very cheap. What would cost me $280 in Australia. Costs me $30 to brew myself

[Anonymous No.12037080]

>>12030502
You can technically cheap out with the equipment to a certain extent, but it's just better to buy everything.

[Anonymous No.12037130]

>>12036248
bum wine isn't homebrew m8
bums have no homes in which to brew

[Anonymous No.12037182]

>>12035557
Vegemite and krausen are not ‘yeast nutrients’ any more than human shit is human food, you dolt.
There might be some residual yeasts in them, but other than that, theybse be no purpose in brewing. They’re waste products.

[Anonymous No.12037191]

>>12031074
I have the opposite opinion. Fermentation just requires an understanding of what you're achieving on a chemical level. Once you actually understand what you're trying to achieve (the conversion of sugars into lactic acid) it becomes much easier.

[Anonymous No.12037192]

This makes me so sad to read about drinking alcohol. I legitimately destroyed my organs because of it - I will never drink it ever again mates, I swear to god it's not worth it when you realize you've fucked yourself internally - I don't give a fuck to be drunk ever again, I just don't even want it. I wish more than anything I could go back in time...I wish so much that I could slap my retarded self in the face and snap out of the shitty depression I went through for years. I'm healthy now, but I still have perm damage because I was a FUCKING IDIOT

Fuck lads...don't be a fuck up like me. I honestly hate myself for fucking up the only body I will ever have on this earth - I realized I'm fucking mortal and life is too short. You are only able to realize how precious and short life is when you're close to death, even during the darkest of depressions this will hit you like a truck.

Try your best to kick the habit anons - maybe drink every Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

[Anonymous No.12037194]

>>12037182
Vegemite is dead yeast. Dead yeast is an excellent source of nutrients for live yeast. Stop being retarded and look up yeast nutrient and its role in brewing, please.

[Anonymous No.12037203]

>>12037192
>>>/r9k/

[Anonymous No.12037259]

>>12037192
nice try janny

[Anonymous No.12037302]

>>12035464
>>12035562
nvm, you're right. it should be barley or rye.

[Anonymous No.12037307]

>>12035636
>whiskey
>whisky
>bourbon
>using anything but malted grains

[Anonymous No.12037313]

>>12032014
I would recommend raisins for yeast nutrients, I generally use 2 gr/L.

I've got a good recipe for a cinnamon mead if you're interested.

[Anonymous No.12037479]

>>12037313
do share

[Anonymous No.12038205]

>>12030454
I heard if the beer tastes like butter something went wrong. But butter tastes great how can that be? Butter beer has to be flavorful.

[Anonymous No.12038537]

>>12037192
How much/long did you drink for?

[Anonymous No.12039050]

>>12030454
hey what are the different type of yeast and how do I choose the right yeast for the right alcohol ?

[Anonymous No.12039077]

Started an itty bitty mead lads
See you in three months

[Anonymous No.12039087]

>>12030787
Do you have any dogs, anon?

[Anonymous No.12040211]

Brewing a milk stout today anons, wish me luck.

[Anonymous No.12040218]

>>12040211
3.75kg liquid dark malt extract
50g Challenger hop pellets
200g dextrose
500g lactose
25 litres total wort volume
5g yeast nutrient
2x yeast sachets (up to 12% ABV tolerance).
I expect a final ABV around 10%.

[Anonymous No.12040224]

>>12030396
I’ve gotten mine down to about $20-25/5 gallon batch. Most of them high gravity beers too. I honestly hate homebrewing. It’s boring and time consuming but when I can brew it for essentially $12 a case of something I know I’m going to like, why not do it? Plus commercial five gallon kegs can be really expensive. I think I paid $88 for a keg of victory prima pils.

[Anonymous No.12040242]

>>12040218
Annnnnnd a burst water main just cut off my water supply in the middle of my crash cool. FFFFUUUUUU

[Anonymous No.12040297]

Man this thread makes me want to start brewing again. It's been like 2 years.

I think I still have a bottle from my last batch. Probably skunked now

[Anonymous No.12040309]

>>12039087

All of the "homebrew" stores around here sell distilling equipment and nutrients for making vodka. It's not legal to make booze, but its not illegal to sell the shit to do it.

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>>12040309
What a coincidence, I also distill as well as homebrew (I’m mr milk stout).

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>>12040371

I assume you make birdwatchers.

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>>12040383
Nah I don’t deal in those volumes. I do a straight dextrose mash with a yeast that yields about 3.8 litres of 92% out of a 23 litre wort. My still only handles about 25 litres max.

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>>12040242
I had to pitch at 32 degrees C which was about 7 degrees more than I was comfortable with, but it’s four hours later and my brew is burping already. On track for 10%.

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>>12030561
http://shuggo.com/birdwatchers/

[Anonymous No.12041132]

If you home brew as a hobby it can be a lot of fun and you can make some really good beer, but you'll burn money like most people with most hobbies.

If you intend to do it to make some functional beverages then yeah, you can make alcohol cheaper than you can buy it. The issue is if the quality is acceptable to you. You can buy some really cheap booze here.

I can make 1 litre of 90% alcohol for about £2, but I've hundreds in equipment. Acceptable beer at 4% can be made for 30p a litre, but again, equipment. If I just wanted to go drink I can buy basic spirit for £10 a bottle, basic bitch beer at 6-8% is £1 a can.